(The Hill) -- Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Friday after it issued a temporary ground stoppage Thursday evening amid an IT outage.

The airline said in a statement that 229 flights were canceled because of the outage and that more flight disruptions were expected as it worked to “reposition aircraft and crews.”

The airline had announced the stoppage Thursday at 7:34 p.m. EDT on the social platform X, instructing travelers to check their flight status before heading to the airport.

At 10 p.m., the airline said on X that it was “actively restoring our operations” following the outage. The Hill reached out to Alaska Airlines and to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for comment.

Alaska Airlines said it is working on getting travelers affected by the disruption to

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